Ekiti State workers have urged the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to charge the Commissioner of Finance, Chief Toyin Ojo, and Accountant General, Mrs. Yemisi Owolabi, to court, if they are found to be corrupt.

They said the continued detention of the officials in EFCC facility was affecting payment of salaries and smooth running of government business.

State Chairman, Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Mr. Raymond Adesanmi, spoke yesterday at this year’s World Teachers’ Day celebration at the Oluyemi Kayode Stadium in Ado-Ekiti, the state capital.

The EFCC arrested Ojo and Owolabi on September 28 in Abuja when Governor Ayo Fayose declared his intent to run for President on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Represented by his Vice-Chairman, Kayode Akosile, Adesanmi said: “If the EFCC has anything against them, they should charge the commissioner and accountant general to court so they can come home and pay us our salaries.

“We are currently hungry and we want to collect the little we are entitled to. The actions and the inactions of politicians are taking a toll on workers in Ekiti.”

At the ceremony, Fayose announced automatic promotion to Level 15, all level 14 graduate primary school teachers, and car gifts with a weeklong holiday in London or Dubai for best teachers in primary and secondary school and the state’s tutor-general.

The governor said the gesture was informed by the success the state recorded in the National Examination Council (NECO) Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (SSCE) for two consecutive years.

The Best Primary School Teacher is Mrs Grace Ojo, of SUBEB Model School at Omuo-Ekiti and the Best Secondary School Teacher is Mr. Ephraim Egunjobi, of Iworoko Community Secondary School at Iworoko-Ekiti.

They got new Hyundai cars from the governor.

The Headmaster-General appointed by the governor, Mrs. Anike Apata, also got a new Kia car.

Fayose also announced the appointment of Mrs. Oluwatoyin Arogundade as the Tutor-General for Ekiti Central.

For this year’s World Teachers’ Day, Fayose dished out a cash gift of N100 million, which will be paid directly into the personal accounts of the teachers.

The governor promised to increase the cash gift to N150 million next year should the state come first again in NECO next year.